
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Strath Tongue as Cairnfield (prehistoric)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A cairnfield dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age; it represents a wider pattern of prehistoric land use and burial practices in upland Scotland.
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Places near here
DallcharnBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 1104 yd
Cnoc an FhreiceadainMountain / peak · 1282 yd
ScullomieBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 1594 yd
Skullomie Harbour, PierHarbour (19th Century), Pier (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Ben TongueMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
RhitongueVillage (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Tongue War MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Talmine BayFishing Vessel (post Medieval) · 3.0 mi
Sgeir an ÒirIsland · 3.0 mi
Melness War MemorialMemorial · 3.1 mi
Castle VarrichCastle · 3.2 mi
Caisteal BharraichTower House (medieval) · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0